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Spieth entered Portrush with four straight top-25 Open finishes, so there should be plenty of confidence that he turns in a much better round on Friday. Making up a six-shot deficit will be tough, but if Spieth can get to even-par, or even one-under, he'll have a shot to get into the top 10 before the weekend.
Royal Portrush showed its teeth on Thursday as the 2025 Open Championship field got the full links golf experience. The weather shifted and changed throughout the first round to create challenging scoring conditions,
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open 2025: Marc Leishman calls pace of play 'tough to deal with,' makes interesting LIV comparisonYou'll have to forgive Marc Leishman, who has played in just one major championship since the end of 2022. During that three-year span, he clearly forgot that they can be absolute slogs when it comes to pace of play.
Rory McIlroy shot 1-under 70 in the first round of the British Open at Royal Portrush that is also serving as a homecoming for the Northern Irish star.
The final major of the season is here. Follow along for live updates, scores, highlights and more from the first round of the 2025 British Open.
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Golf Digest on MSNBritish Open 2025: Move over, Rory, this is the worst opening tee shot in Royal Portrush historyIt won't go down in history like Rory McIlroy's opening tee shot at Royal Portrush in 2019, but K.J. Choi's first swipe at the ball on Thursday at the Open Championship may have been worse. And his ball stayed in bounds.
Fickle weather and funny bounces are classic features of links golf and it makes the British Open a test of the mind as much as anything else.
Bryson DeChambeau ran into some trouble at the par-4 fourth hole at Royal Portrush during the first round of the 2025 British Open Championship.